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Drama: War & Disaster

19/03/1999

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An ex-US army officer with a mysterious past joins the British forces as a paratrooper.

Wartime drama about an ex-US army officer (Alan Ladd) who joins the British army as a paratrooper. Despite his obvious leadership skills, the man refuses to take a high rank.

Wartime drama about an ex-US army officer with a mysterious past who joins the British army as a paratrooper. Despite his obvious leadership skills, the man refuses to take a high rank. However, when a raid in north Africa goes disastrously wrong, he finds himself forced to take command.

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